Training Kit on Educational Values and Life Skills
Our Arab and Islamic society is going through a critical period in its life, characterised by the shaking of values, the disturbance of social and moral standards, and the frequent cases of departure from the teachings of the true religion. The psychological and social outlook on life experienced by the youth of Arabism and Islam confirms what they suffer from in terms of psychological alienation and a frightening disruption of values.
Values
Values have been defined as "a set of laws and standards that arise within a certain group, which they adopt as criteria for judging material and moral deeds and actions, and which have such strength and influence over the group that they acquire the quality of being binding, necessary, and general, such that any departure from them or deviation from their directions becomes a departure from the group's principles, goals, and ideals".
Characteristics
They are human, in the sense that they are specific to human beings and no one else
They are linked to a particular time
They possess the quality of opposition
Teachers and student counsellors, school leaders, and parents.